Next Generation Leadership

We do not go to work only to earn an income, but to find
meaning in our lives. What we do is a large part of what we are.

Alan Ryan

In
Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business, Gersick
et al write about the “shared dream” in the family business. This
dream is an “energizing vision of what the business can become that will
enable the family to realize all of its individual values and aspirations.”
The shared dream begins when the children are young. As the children grow and
mature they can reject their parents’ dream, but the great majority of
them decide that they can realize their own dreams within the family business.
Leadership and development of the future successors of the family business often
takes low priority in many family firms. The research shows the correlation
between leadership development of successors and long-term success of the family
business.

In this workshop you will learn:

The importance and stages of successor development

How to lay the psychological groundwork for success

What to consider before joining the family business

Important developmental experiences

The role played by the successor in the revitalization of the business

Special challenges to the owner and successor

Ways to manage communications and family relationships during successor
development

There are
pre-Workshop activities, which may include readings, assessments, survey questionnaires
or casework, so you are primed and ready to make tangible progress when a workshop
begins.

We would
be happy to provide you with additional details. We may be reached Toll
Free at 1-866-822-3122 or you may
here for any combination of the above workshops. We guarantee to contact you
within 48 hours.

We also
encourage you to Contact Us
if you are interested in discussing something you have in mind that is not listed.